TWIS #295
Webidoo, Algorithmiq, Pillar, and others raised funding. The first Italy-USA program for space startups. Energy Dome enters a commercial agreement with Google.
Hello,
Welcome back to The Week in Italian Startups. This is Niccolò from Primo Capital: every week, I publish my curated list of the latest news from the Italian startup ecosystem.
The Money 💰
Webidoo, an AI-for-business startup, raised €21m in a Growth round from IXC3.
Algorithmiq, a quantum algorithms startup, raised €18m in a Series B round from United Ventures, CDP Venture Capital, and Inventure.
Pillar, a company building an OS for construction companies, raised €12m in a Seed round from Earlybird Venture Capital, Base10 Partners, and Italian Founders Fund.
Gyver, an edtech startup, raised €1.4m in a Pre-seed round from Brighteye, āltitude, Vento Ventures, Zanichelli Venture, and Antler.
Alkelux, an advanced materials startup, 🇮🇹raised €970k in a Seed round from Foodtech Accelerator S.r.l., Eatable Adventures, Accelera Ventures, Banco di Sardegna, and La Gemma Venture.
M&A 🥩
Movopack Acquires Hipli and Enters the French Market.
Reading this week📚
Mediolanum is 🇮🇹exploring the sale of Flowe, its digital bank | ANSA.
M3eweb, MirAI, RogueWavesAI, WordLift 🇮🇹won a grant from the ICSC (the HC, Big Data, and Quantum Computing national research center).
DTA and Q Station 🇮🇹launch the first Italy–USA acceleration program for space economy companies.
GreenBone Ortho is 🇮🇹experimenting its cure for osteoporosis on board the ISS | StartupBusiness
We are left with thinking, again | Combinatoria.
Energy Dome, Cellply and Caracol join the EIC Scaling Club | StartupBusiness.
Energy Dome inks a strategic commercial agreement with Google | Energy Dome.
IVC Flywheel | Italians in VC.
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N.